Record #:

5809

Author(s):

Ellis, Marshall

Abstract:

Weather and topography in the state make possible the observation of almost eighty percent of all American bird species. Viewing can be enhanced through use of items, including binoculars and guidebooks, and by joining a bird watchers club.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 65 Issue 12, May 1998, p47-50, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Bird watching; Birds

Record #:

7884

Author(s):

Cruze, Sidney

Abstract:

Starting in the coastal plain, the North Carolina Birding Trail will take birdwatchers to natural areas of rural regions throughout the state. Over thirty states have similar trails that generate millions of ecotourism dollars and provide funds to protect vanishing bird habitats. The nation's oldest birding trail was started in Texas in the early 1980s and is almost 2,110 miles long. When completed, North Carolina's trail will have three regional components. The coastal plains loop, the first section, is scheduled to open in the summer of 2006. This trail will be a driving route that connects birdwatching sites. The goal is to have at least one site in each of the state's 100 counties. A trail book will describe each birding area, including species at the site and nearby points of interest.

Source:

Carolina Country (NoCar HD 9688 N8 C38x), Vol. 38 Issue 4, Apr 2006, p12-13, il

Subject(s):

Bird watching; Birds

Record #:

8529

Author(s):

Draper, Grace S.

Abstract:

There are five birds that frequent North Carolina that show varying shades of blue plumage. They are the Eastern bluebird; the blue grosbeak, sometimes called the Big Indigo; the indigo bunting or indigo finch; the blue jay; and barn swallow. Draper provides a description of each bird.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 34 Issue 4, Apr 1970, p17-19, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Birds

Record #:

8918

Author(s):

Godfrey, Michael A.

Abstract:

Several well-known animals have the word “Carolina” attached to their common or scientific names. They are the eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis, the red-bellied woodpecker (Centurus carolinus), and the Carolina wren. Godfrey describes them.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 36 Issue 6, June 1972, p18-20, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Birds; Animals--Nomenclature

Record #:

9040

Author(s):

Shelley, Rowland M.

Abstract:

In Part 2 of endangered wildlife, birds are categorized. The status of these species is based on federal definitions for endangered, rare, undetermined, and peripheral species. Information includes the species; its range in North Carolina; preferred habitat; general comments about it; and status.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 37 Issue 7, July 1973, p21-23, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Endangered species; Birds

Record #:

9796

Author(s):

Rohling, Jane

Abstract:

Rohling describes some birds, common in some parts of the state and not in others, and where to look for them. They are the summer tanager, northern (Baltimore) oriole, rose-breasted grosbeak, scarlet tanager, indigo bunting, prothonotary warbler, common yellowthroat, and cedar waxwing.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 49 Issue 9, Sept 1985, p8-14, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Birds

Record #:

11168

Author(s):

Lloyd, Jared

Abstract:

Lloyd, the winner of the Wildlife in North Carolina 2008 Photo Competition, provides information on taking photos of birds in flight.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 73 Issue 6, June 2009, p26-29, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Wildlife photography; Birds

Record #:

11493

Author(s):

Parham, John Marshall

Abstract:

Parham describes a number of birds that visit North Carolina during the winter season.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 1 Issue 34, Jan 1934, p19, il

Subject(s):

Birds

Record #:

13172

Author(s):

Powell, William S.

Abstract:

Slightly larger than a blue jay and containing a bigger wingspan, the paroquet of North Carolina vanished in 1909. First reported along the coast in 1586, by Thomas Hariott, the paroquet is a member of the parrot family. Living in large groups partial to orchards, paroquets fell to extinction as a result of destructive habits associated with human beings.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 22 Issue 7, Aug 1954, p15-16, il

Subject(s):

Birds; Extinction (Biology)

Record #:

16814

Author(s):

Pusser, Todd

Abstract:

In this ongoing series, Pusser has highlighted the unique diversity of life found within the state's borders. In this segment he focuses on birds. Scientists currently recognize over 10,150 species worldwide. Of that number North Carolina claims 460 species which are either permanent or seasonal residents.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 75 Issue 9, Nov/Dec 2011, p20-25, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Birds

Record #:

19277

Author(s):

Cruze, Sidney

Abstract:

More than 70 bird species have been seen on the Hoke County farm of Raft Swamp, and they are not there by coincidence. Jackie and Louie Hough have made efforts to attract the birds in order to create a thriving small-scale sustainable farm in the Sandhills of North Carolina.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 74 Issue 7, July 2010, p10-15, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Birds; Farms, Sustainable--Hoke County

Record #:

21254

Author(s):

Simpson, Marcus B.; Simpson, Sallie W.

Abstract:

Contrary to ideas that no serious zoological studies were conducted in North Carolina until after the Civil War, there is considerable evidence that Reverend Moses Ashley Curtis was the first modern scholar of animal life in the State. Although known mostly for his studies in botany, Curtis' earliest ornithological investigations began almost 30 years before the Civil War and almost 50 years before the well-known studies by John S. Carins and the Brimleys. Appendices include lists of North Carolina Birds.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 60 Issue 2, April 1983, p137-170, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Birds; Curtis, M.A. (Moses Ashley), 1808-1872; Ornithology

Record #:

25518

Author(s):

Carrell, Helen

Abstract:

Seventy-five percent of the more than 650 North American bird species migrate twice per year. With the help of radio transmitters, scientists know much more about these long journeys.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 80 Issue 2, March/April 2016, p36-39, il, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Birds--Migration; Birds; Butterflies

Record #:

26179

Author(s):

Spivey, Angela

Abstract:

Alan Feduccia, professor of biology, challenges the view that birds evolved from dinosaurs. He thinks that birds began evolving long before the hypothetical first bird, Archaeopteryx.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 13 Issue 3, Spring 1997, p4-5, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Biology; Birds; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Record #:

29622

Author(s):

Velliquette, Beth

Abstract:

Sylvan Heights Bird Park is about an hour north of Greenville near the small town of Scotland Neck, North Carolina. The park features more than two-thousand waterfowl and exotic birds that live in a natural habitat. The park is also known for its breeding facility to save endangered waterfowl.

Source:

Greenville: Life in the East (NoCar F264 G8 G743), Vol. Issue , Fall 2017, p8-12, il, por

Subject(s):

Sylvan Heights Bird Park (Scotland Nectk); Birds; Waterfowl conservation